Wheel Spacers VS Wheel Adapters : What is the difference ?
Many people thought wheel spacers and wheels adapters are identical.But in fact,they are two different things. Every wheel adapter is also a wheel spacer. But a wheel spacer is not a wheel adapter. Read here, someone may be confused and ask what is the difference between wheel spacers and adapters ? We did a search on prime and asked some mechanics for help.Now ,let us explain this issue. What’s wheel spacers and wheel adapters ? Wheel spacer is a term used to describe a disc that pushes a wheel away from the hub, hence lowering the offset at which it is. A wheel adapter is usually a spacer of sorts, however a change in bolt pattern (and possibly center bore) occurs in the process. For example a common use for wheel adapters is on older VW Jetta's and GTI's. People will put a wheel adapter on these cars that have a 4x100 bolt pattern on the hub side (that will bolt on the car's factory studs)and the wheel side of the adaptor will have studs on it in a 5x130 bolt patt...